Fish-hook.



No. 793,810. PATENTED JULY 4, 1905.

V O. 0. WANGEN.

FISH HOOK.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 18. 1005.

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$93,810, dated Ql'uly t, 1905.

Application filed March 18, 1905. Serial No. 250,76 L.

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fiieit known that i, ()riorr O. \Vnue en, a citizen oi the UnitedStates, residing at ()hicago, in the county of (look and State of.illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements in .lisl'l-lilooks, of which the :lollowing is a specification.

This invention is a spring-actuateifl or trap lish-hook having in themiddle a hook to receive the bait and two side hooks actuated by a pullon the middle hook to strike sidewise into the body of the lish.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanyii'igdrawings, Figure 1being a side view of the device with the side hooks open, and Fig. 2 asimilar view, partly in section, with said hooks closed.

Referring specifically to the drawings, it indicates a body having theshape of a small iish or minnow, from which extends a rod to the rearend of which the line L is attached. This body has at the head lins orflanges 11, to which are pivoted the oppositely-disposed side hooks B,which have at the shank behind the pivot arms I), which work through aslit in the head of the body and are connected to the lower end of therod Z. A weak spring 7/ is coiled around this rod and is connected atits upper end. to the body of the iish and at its lower end to the arms(2. This spring is in compression and serves to hold the hooks Ili openby pressing down on the arms 7).

The bait hook is indicated at (l, located be-- tween the side hooks, andis connected by cords c to the hooks B below their pivots, the cordsbeing crossed or passed through an eyelet c at the nose of the fish.

in operation the trap-hooks B are normally forced open by the pressure01' the spring 6'. When the hook (l is i'libbled, the pull tends to drawthe hooks B'tog'ether, and this action may be assisted or completed bypull on the line, striking said books into the body of the fish.

W hat ii, claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A fish-hook comprising a body, impalementhooks pivoted thereto andarranged to swing," toward each other and havii'ig' offset armsoperatively connected to the line, means to nor mally open said hooks,and a bait-hook located between said hooks and having connectionstherewith arranged to close said hooks when the bait-hook is pulled.

in testimony whereof i have signed my name to this specilieatiou in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

them i? m/rskoe, ii. (pl. ,H/vroum'ion.

